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Name	Sir James John Joynton Smith
Alternative Names	James John Joynton Smith
Born	4 October, 1858 London, Middlesex, England
Died	10 October, 1943 (aged 85) Coogee, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Blaikie, George Neil (employee)
Occupation or Descriptor *	hotelier (1892-1943) New South Wales, Australia landowner (1896-1943) New South Wales, Australia race course owner (1901-1943) New South Wales, Australia racehorse owner (1901-1943) New South Wales, Australia Rugby League administrator (1910-1928) New South Wales, Australia Member of Upper House (1912-1934) New South Wales, Australia local government councillor (1916-1918) New South Wales, Australia local government head (1917-1918) New South Wales, Australia newspaper owner (1919-1939) New South Wales, Australia autobiographer/memoirist (1927-1927) New South Wales, Australia

* Dates are approximate